He was in bad shape. His ninth or tenth wife had him doing local cable TV commercials which she starred in while he walked back and forth wordlessly in the background. It was disturbing and sad to watch.

And also immortalized by Ray Davies and the Kinks in the song “Celluloid Heroes”:

If you covered him with garbage
George Sanders would still have style
And if you stamped on Mickey Rooney
He would still turn round and smile
But please don’t tread on dearest Marilyn
Cause she’s not very tough
She should have been made of iron or steel
But she was only made of flesh and blood

Met him in person when I was working at channel 7 (WJHG-TV) in Panama City, FL
He came by to plug a local live show he was doing with his wife. He was a very warm, down-home kinda’ guy. He will be greatly missed here in the CONSERVATIVE Florida panhandle.

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